Performer
Max Roach
Style
Jazz american drummer percussionist 2008 universal fire victim composer hard bop free jazz jazz and blues
Country
United States
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Performer description

Maxwell Lemuel Roach was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Clifford Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, Benny Carter, and Booker Little. He also played with his daughter Maxine Roach, a Grammy-nominated violist. He was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1992.

Participated in
Benny Golson Sextet Bud Powell Clifford Brown All Stars Duke Ellington Sonny Rollins Stanley Turrentine The Birdlanders The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet

Discography

Best songs by Max Roach

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